Alliteration

• The repetition of consonant sounds in sequence of words.

• Ex: Peter,Packer,Picker,Pepper etc…..

Allusion

• A brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea in history or literature.

• Ex: Bible, Greek Myth, and Shakespeare

Analogy

• Extended Comparison of Relationships• Ex: A Captain is to his ship as a Quarter Back is

to his team.

Antagonist

• The to person who struggles against or attempts to block the protagonist.

• Ex: In the movie Friday “Big Worm” was the antagonist to Ice Cube and Chris Tucker

Apostrophe

• Addressing an absent person or inanimate object.

• A Cup, Remote, or A pen

Assonance

• The Repetition of vowel sounds• Ex: The Constant Choking of your own Caesar.

Atmosphere

• The Mood or feeling created in a piece if writing.

• It was a Dark and Stormy night; the rain fell in torrents.

Ballad

• A Song or poem that tells a story & presents a dramatic or exciting episode.

• “Ballata 5” by Guido Cavalcanti

Blank Verse

• Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Caesura

• A break or pause in a line of poetry

Catalog

• A list of related events, people, or things

Character

• Static-Doesn’t change much• Flat-Few personality traits• Dynamic-changes in some important way• Round-Complex like real people

Cliché

• Anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse

• Ex:

Climax

• The Great moment of suspense or emotional intensity in a narrative

Concrete Poem

• A Poem in which the words are arranged to give a visual representation of the subject.

Connotation

• The feelings or emotional overtones that have become attached to a word.

Consonance

• The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.

• tick/tock & sing/song

Cadence

• The Natural rhythmic rise & fall of language as it is normally spoken

Denouement

• The Conclusion or resolution of a story

Dialect

• The way of speaking that is characteristic of a group of people who live in a certain geographical region.

Diction

• Choice of words-may be formal, informal, full of slang, poetry etc….

Elegy

• A Poem of mourning usually about one who is deceased.

End Rhyme

• Rhyme that comes at the end of lines.

Epic

• A long Narrative poem that recounts the deeds of a hero who embodies the values of a particular society.

Flashback

• A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that has happened at an earlier time.

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Foil

• A character whose traits are in contrast with another character’s traits.

Foreshadowing

• A hint or clue to suggest what will happen later.

Hyperbole

• Is a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, often used in a comic effect.

• Ex: “I called you a thousand times”

Haiku

• 3 lines and 17 Syllables

Idiom

• An Expression that means something different from the different definition of its parts.

• Ex: Falling in love & losing my head

Imagery

• The use of language that appeals to the senses and creates a mental picture.

Irony

• The discrepancy between appearance an reality

Verbal Irony

• When one says one thing but means the opposite.

Dramatic Irony

• When readers know what a character in a story doesn’t know.

Situational Irony

• When the outcome or situation is the opposite of what is expected.

Lyric Poem

• A poem that expresses personal feelings.